We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with the right values to join our service assisting and supporting
vulnerable homeless people to achieve better lives.

The successful candidate will be expected to complement the work of our support teams by ensuring the security of the
building through observation and checks, maintaining health, safety and hygiene standards and following
procedures such as for financial transactions, admissions and leavers, housing benefit, incident reports and
building repairs reports.

You should have sound literacy and numeracy skills and experience of dealing with challenging behaviour. Other
essentials include: experience of team working; good verbal communication; the ability to interact with people
in an appropriate and positive way; and, above all, the determination to make a difference in the lives of our
service users.

3/4 night shifts per week from 21:00 – 05:00 on a rolling rota basis.

In return, we will offer you excellent learning and development opportunities, competitive annual leave entitlement,
pension scheme, access to employee assistance programmes such as counselling, and life assurance.

As an award-winning innovative care provider, we support the elderly and people living with physical disabilities and
long-term conditions across Scotland. We pride ourselves on our knowledge and passion for delivering complex
care, making sure that our customers receive high quality care services that can range from visiting a few hours
a week to several daily visits.

We deliver our vision of helping our customers live their life to the full through the hard work and dedication of
our Support Workers who provide our customers with a wide variety of assistance such as personal hygiene,
dressing, medication prompts and light household chores in line with their personal support plans.

Blackwood are currently looking for Support Workers to join our Care Services teams to support our customers living
in their own homes in the community and/or in our Care Homes. We operate care services in Aberdeen, Dundee,
Perth & Kinross, Edinburgh, Stirling, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Ayrshire and Inverclyde.

Don’t worry about having any previous care experience, we provide comprehensive training and development
opportunities to help you become a great carer!

Our main priority for this job role is to find people who can show our values and behaviours. These are:

Taking responsibility

Being open and honest

Keeping our promises

Having respect and
understanding

The ideal candidate must have:

A commitment to delivering high quality care

Strong communication, interpersonal and IT
skills

An ability to work independently in the community and as part of a team

A relevant
qualification (SVQ2), this is not essential as training will be given

Flexibility to work on a rota
basis, including early mornings, evenings and weekends.

The Supported Housing Worker role requires assisting in the management of the development thus ensuring the tenants
are able to enjoy an acceptable standard of living in an environment which is clean, safe and friendly. You will
be responsible for overseeing the wellbeing of the tenants and for assisting them in maintaining their
independence.

As housing care worker your role will involve working with our tenants to ensure they receive the support and
personal care identified in their care plans. You will directly support tenants in their homes by providing
individual advice, practical housing support assistance and personal care.

Both roles are to ensure that we are able to offer the best service to our tenants and make it possible for our
tenants to continue enjoying as much independent living as they’re able.

As well as a competitive annual salary, our valued team also benefits from:

competitive hourly rates of £8.70 - £9.25 per hour;

guaranteed rota hours working between 7.30 am & 10pm

generous annual leave entitlement;

a choice of pension scheme with employer contributions;

flexible working policies;

access to extensive paid training and development opportunities; and

a supportive and inclusive culture.

We also have opportunities with our Trust Staff Agency - for employees who want to work across different locations,
in various roles, with highly flexible hours to suit family commitments - it's a great opportunity with the
same training and development that our other roles benefit from.

Previous experience working in social care or the housing sector would be an advantage but this is not always
necessary. Our ideal candidate is someone with enthusiasm, a caring nature and willingness to learn as full
training, support and ongoing development will be provided.